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... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Nasal Bone
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Nasal Bone
Respiratory System > Nose > Nasal Bone
Sense Organs > Nose > Nasal Bone
Body Regions > Head > Face > Nose > Nasal Bone

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Nasal Bone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Nasal Bones

Note

  • /abnorm permitted for congenital deformities but acquired deformities = NOSE DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; / surg: consider also RHINOPLASTY; fractures: coordinate NASAL BONE / inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate NASAL BONE (IM) + NOSE NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • Either one of the two small elongated rectangular bones that together form the bridge of the nose.

History note

  • 78(75); was see under NOSE 1963-77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009295

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